The nurse is obtaining health histories from women at a busy low-income clinic. Which of the following clients should the nurse follow closely as being at high risk for developing breast cancer?
A) The client who is over 50 years of age
B) The client with a mother who had breast cancer
C) The client who is African American
D) The client has relatives with the BRCA1 mutated gene
D
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There are several risk factors that the nurse must identify; however, the most important risk factor to be identified is the presence of the mutated BRCA1 gene that makes the client "very likely" to develop breast cancer. Other risk factors include being female, being older than 50 years old, and having a family history of breast cancer. White women are at a higher risk than African Americans.
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